Thread by @thefreepress2

🚨Labour Together and Rachel Reeves: A Thread🚨

Data just released by the Electoral Commission reveals that new Labour Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has received £38,890 for the "Provision of research and writing services" from key donors linked to anti-Corbyn factions.

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Reeves has received only 2 donations since September 2019:

Labour Together (1/2/21)- £13,520

Trevor Chinn (6/4/20)- £25, 370

Total: £38,890

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Labour Together since 2019 have received donations from just 2 private individuals:

Trevor Chinn (2021)- £60,000
Martin Taylor (2021)- £50,000
Total: £110,000

Trevor Chinn (2020)-£46,500
Martin Taylor (2020)- £120,000
Total: £166,500

That's £276,500 in 16 months.

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Labour Together, Chinn and Taylor were key instigators/sponsors of internal opposition to Jeremy Corbyn's leadership, and promoting Keir Starmer's bid to replace him. The current LT directors listed are:

Lisa Nandy
Jon Cruddas
Trevor Chinn
Hannah O'Rourke
Steven Reed

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For full profiles of Trevor Chinn, Martin Taylor and Labour Together, and how they fit into the anti-Corbyn network, check out our paired study of Keir Starmer's and Jeremy Corbyn's donors from our archives:
the-free-press.co.uk/2020/11/30/lab…
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Perhaps @RachelReevesMP could provide a more specific breakdown of what £38,890 worth of research and writing services provides, and if she feels there is no conflict of interest in only receiving large donations from essentially just two private, partisan individuals?

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Sources:
theyworkforyou.com/mp/24851/rache…

…te.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/096309…

search.electoralcommission.org.uk/?currentPage=0…

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